Please delay MAX trips until about 10 a.m. when temperatures are expected to warm up. MAX service is very limited at this time. Some shuttle buses are running but consider regular bus service. Check trimet.org/alerts for line by line impacts. Bus lines are experiencing major delays as chained buses can only travel 25 mph. Some bus lines are detoured or on snow route. LIFT paratransit service is only providing life-sustaining trips at this time. Our 503-238-RIDE (7433) call center will open at 7:30 a.m. More

Validating Your Ticket

Before you can use a ticket to ride MAX, WES or the Streetcar, it needs to be “validated.” There are validators near the ticket machines at MAX and WES stations, and on board the Streetcar.

How to use the validator

Tickets purchased from a ticket machine come pre-validated, so you are free to board the train.

Otherwise, insert your ticket into the validator (located next to the ticket machine), with the arrow facing up. The validator will stamp the date and expiration time on it, making it valid for immediate use.

Streetcars have validators on board

There are ticket machines and validators on board the Portland Streetcar. If you already have a ticket and you begin your trip on a streetcar, stamp the ticket in the validator on board.